Order of Brandon Sanderson Books

Brandon Sanderson is an American writer known for his fantasy and sci-fi novels. A native of Nebraska, he is most recognized for his Mistborn series and for completing The Wheel of Time series after the death of its original author, Robert Jordan. He also authors the Alcatraz series and The Stormlight Archive, which is planned to consist of 10 books. While pursuing his Master’s degree at Brigham Young University, Sanderson edited the Leading Edge magazine and currently teaches creative writing at the same institution. He lives in Utah with his wife and children. Sanderson published his first novel, Elantris, in April 2005, and the following year, he released The Final Empire, which began his Mistborn series. Below is a list of Brandon Sanderson’s books in the order of their original release:

Brandon Sanderson became a published novelist in 1990 with the novel The Eye of the World (By: Robert Jordan). Below is a list of Brandon Sanderson's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Alcatraz Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Alcatraz Versus the Knights of Crystallia	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dark Talent	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (With: Janci Patterson)	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Secret Projects Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Tress of the Emerald Sea	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sunlit Man	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Isles of the Emberdark	(2025)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Cosmere Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Sixth of the Dusk	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Cosmere Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Arcanum Unbounded	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Dark One Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Dark One, Book 1 (With: Jackson Lanzing,Collin Kelly)	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Forgotten (With: Dan Wells)	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Elantris Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Elantris	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hope Of Elantris	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Emperor's Soul	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Mistborn Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Final Empire	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Well of Ascension	(2007)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Hero of Ages	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Alloy of Law	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shadows of Self	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Bands of Mourning	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Secret History	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Lost Metal	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Infinity Blade Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Awakening	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Redemption	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Legion Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Legion	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Skin Deep	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lies of the Beholder	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Stephen Leeds: Death and Faxes	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Legion Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Oathbringer Serialization Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Oathbringer Part One	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Oathbringer Part Two	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Reckoners Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Steelheart	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mitosis	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Firefight	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Calamity	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Skyward Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Skyward	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Starsight	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cytonic	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Defiant	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Skyward Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Sunreach (With: Janci Patterson)	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
ReDawn (With: Janci Patterson)	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Defending Elysium	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Evershore (With: Janci Patterson)	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Skyward Flight Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Skyward Flight: The Collection: Sunreach / ReDawn / Evershore	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of The Stormlight Archive Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Way of Kings	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Words of Radiance	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Edgedancer	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Oathbringer	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dawnshard	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rhythm of War	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Wind and Truth	(2024)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Texas Reckoners Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Lux	(2021)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of The Wheel of Time Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Eye of the World (By: Robert Jordan)	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Great Hunt (By: Robert Jordan)	(1990)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dragon Reborn (By: Robert Jordan)	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Shadow Rising (By: Robert Jordan)	(1992)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Fires of Heaven (By: Robert Jordan)	(1993)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lord of Chaos (By: Robert Jordan)	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Crown of Swords (By: Robert Jordan)	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Path of Daggers (By: Robert Jordan)	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Winter's Heart (By: Robert Jordan)	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Crossroads of Twilight (By: Robert Jordan)	(2003)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Spring (By: Robert Jordan)	(2004)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Knife of Dreams (By: Robert Jordan)	(2005)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Gathering Storm	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Towers of Midnight	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Memory of Light	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wheel of Time (Complete Series)	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Wheel Of Time Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
What the Storm Means	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Distinctions	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
By Grace and Banners Fallen	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of White Sand Graphic Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
White Sand Volume 1	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
White Sand Volume 2	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
White Sand Volume 3	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Dark One Graphic Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Dark One Volume 1	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
White Sand	(1998)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Warbreaker	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Rithmatist	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Snapshot	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Original (With: Mary Robinette Kowal)	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Dragonsteel	(2001)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Firstborn	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Eleventh Metal	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dreamer	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Perfect State	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Long Chills and Case Dough	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Firstborn & Defending Elysium	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Legion and The Emperor's Soul	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell; Perfect State	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Brandon Sanderson's Fantasy Firsts	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tailored Realities	(2025)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Picture Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Most Boring Book Ever	(2024)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Magic: The Gathering Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Arena (By: William R. Forstchen)	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Whispering Woods (By: Clayton Emery)	(1994)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shattered Chains (By: Clayton Emery)	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Final Sacrifice (By: Clayton Emery)	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Cursed Land (By: Teri McLaren)	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Prodigal Sorcerer (By: Mark Sumner)	(1995)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ashes of the Sun (By: Hanovi Braddock)	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Song of Time (By: Teri McLaren)	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
And Peace Shall Sleep (By: Sonia Orin Lyris)	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dark Legacy (By: Robert Vardeman)	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Planeswalkers' Guide to Alara (By: Doug Beyer,Jenna Helland)	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Alara Unbroken (By: Doug Beyer)	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Zendikar: In the Teeth of Akoum (By: Brook Steingass)	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Scars of Mirrodin: The Quest for Karn (By: Robert B. Wintermute)	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Children of the Nameless	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Throne of Eldraine (By: Kate Elliott)	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Magic: The Gathering: The Official Cookbook (By: Jenna Helland,Victoria Rosenthal)	(2023)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Writing Fantasy Heroes	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 35, April 2013	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tor.com: Selected Original Fiction, 2008-2012	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shadows Beneath	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2015 Edition	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Grimdark Magazine Issue #4	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Dragon Writers	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Unfettered II: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Galactic Empires	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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